Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 39.

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Sunday, September 11. 2022. 06:40. 
Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Slokam-39 

"Yadagre   canubandhe   ca   sukham   mohanamatmanah,

nidralasyapramadottham   tattamasamudahrtam."

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Tatvam ( Essence ) of the Slokam :

"And that happiness which is blind to self-realization, which is delusion from beginning to end and which arises from sleep, laziness and illusion is said to be of the nature of ignorance." 

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Translation :

yat    sukham  =  that  which  happiness;

nidra   alasya  pramada  uttham   =  sleeping,  laziness,  illusion,  thus  arise  from  these;

agre   ca   anubandhe   ca  =  in  the  beginning  also  binding  and;

atmanah   mohanam   =    make  the  self  under  illusion;

tat  tamasam  udahrtam   =  that  happiness  is  said  to  be  tamasam.

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Commentary :

That sukham or happiness which enthrals the jiva or embodied being both at the beginning and as well at the end even after the habitual, repetitive experience exhibits its true nature of enslavement and bondage to samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death is affirmed by Lord Krishna as tamo guna the mode of ignorance.

The word mohanam means delusion and is the obscurantism of the true nature of reality. Nidra or slumber denotes unconsciousness which can transpire even while engaging in an act of enjoyment.

Alasya is slothfulness, the lassitude which comes from habitually dulled senses and which certainly contributes to dullness of mind.

Pramada is inattention to what is required and is connected to dullness of mind.

So the delusive nature of nidra, alasya and pramada are all situated firmly in tamo guna and along with the characteristics of rajo guna are very detrimental to the aspiring jiva.

That sukham or happiness which stupefies the jiva or embodied being by making perception of reality obscure.

Which seems to be like nectar in the beginning as well as in the end and which is supported by slothfulness, indolence, folly and delusion is declared by Lord Krishna as situated in tamo guna the mode of ignorance.

The sukham or happiness which in the beginning from the first moment is deluded and also at the end is deluded arising from slothfulness, lassitude, and foolishness and neglecting what needs to be done and accomplished, Lord Krishna asserts is situated in tamo guna the mode of ignorance.

One who takes pleasure in laziness and in sleep is certainly in the mode of darkness, and one who has no idea how to act and how not to act is also in the mode of ignorance. 

For the person in the mode of ignorance, everything is illusion. 

There is no happiness either in the beginning or the end. 

For the person in the mode of passion there might be some kind of ephemeral happiness in the beginning and at the end distress, but for the person in the mode of ignorance there is only distress both in the beginning and at the end.

To be continued  ....

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